Despite showing a bit of pride in her ethnic heritage, the beautiful Chinese actress of international fame
Gong Li (photo), says that knowing how to act does not part of a local culture.
"I firmly believe that a 'actress should go all over the world to do his job," said the ' actress reporters of The Shilla Seoul
, during the Korean premiere of his thriller mystery of
Hollywood "Shanghai" . "I think that all cultures are connected and that as an actress has had many opportunities to learn about other customs and traditions, thanks to five films I have worked in Hollywood. I have heard of many actors and actresses of Korean nationality who have found success in 'American film industry. I hope that your culture and the others are based to create something new, even beyond the borders. " Wearing a white shirt and trousers blacks, Gong greeted with the 'bow of the media who had front: this was his first official visit to Korea.
"I have visited many times Korea in unofficially. I've been here for commercial reasons and to find a venue to Shanghai, even though filming ended in Thailand. " L 'actress has been very interested in the Pusan \u200b\u200bInternational Film Festival
, one of the film events ; most prestigious international
Korea "I would love to attend a day at the festival with my film in competition." The Swedish film director Mikael Hafstrom
, tells the story
of Paul Soames (John Cusack ) American agent of the Naval Intelligence Office
that reaches
Shanghai during the Second World War to find his friend, but discovered that he was murdered. Gong Li is
Anna Lan-Ting, a beautiful and seductive woman married to the most powerful gangster in the city
( Chow Yun-Fat ). She also works as a secret agent, in the hope of saving
from China 'Japanese occupation. During the course of an investigation to discover what is behind the death of his friend, Soames falls in love with Anna, and discovers a secret much larger than that of and his government of Japan, which will change the world.
"My character, Anna, is a highly educated woman who studied at 'foreign and returned to China to serve his country," said Gong Li reporters.
"This film presents a slice of real life, in which Chinese women were brought up to the first 'foreign and then once back in China, working as secret agents against the Japanese. Anna is a mysterious woman, wise and very strong. I had fun to play. " Set in 1941, the film has as its background the months before the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
. The film delves into complex political chaos broke out in China during the Second World War.
"Nell 'last part of the film, c' is a phrase in which Anna says, 'I return to Shanghai and no matter what happens' and then goes away. I was very moved when I spoke out loud this measure. I worked on this film with a great sense of responsibility as a Chinese actress. " Despite Gong
has introduced the film as "the alien point of view about China," you think that the film portrays a very realistic way in Shanghai in 1940.
"The writer gave us nine years to write the script and make this film. I think it's very realistic and really reflects the history. " Gong has always taken its own decisions for his career.
" I would never do something that I do not want to do or that others force me to do. Some movies I chose were successful, others less so. I'm still willing to risk it and always want to be I choose movies that I want to work, not others. " Gong, who won this international success, thanks to his perseverance
" I'm focused only on My career as an actress ever since I set foot in the 'film industry. No director, no production. I think if now they are where are, it is because I focused only on one thing " Gong Li, now Singaporean citizen, has risen to international prominence thanks to his roles in films of the famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou
interpreted by the late '80s to the mid 90s, including
"Red Sorghum" (1987) and
"Raise the Red Lantern" (1991). He has won numerous awards including the Cannes Festival Trophy
the
New York Film Critics Circle Award and the People's Hundred Flowers Awards, one of the most prestigious film awards in China. Gong will be in another movie due out this year 's, the remake
Chinese
"What Women Want," in which she plays a career woman who works in a very strict' advertising agency.
"I chose the costumed characters in contemporary films because I found so many modern people are too simple. But the character I play in this film, is very complex and has much to tell." Shanghai Korans have been distributed in cinemas on 27 January.
Sources:
AsiaOne and AsianFanatics translation from 'original article by Luca Rosati
